Do its reports end up forgotten in a drawer and its recommendations with it?
Each year, when examining the accounts of public bodies and also writing reports, the Court of Auditors and its 23 regional or territorial chambers issue around 2,500 “recommendations” to public decision-makers.
Advice "
which does not give rise to any form of constraint
", insisted Pierre Moscovici, the first president of the Court, on the occasion of the publication of a report on the subject.
“We are here to inform the decision.
The recommendations are not prescriptive.
I do not believe in the government of experts, it is of course the politician who remains the decision maker.
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